Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Wind Advisories in 2006
Wind Advisory 2, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this wind advisory at Jan 18, 2006, 3:35 AM EST for 33 counties in Pennsylvania. It took effect at Jan 18, 2006, 12:00 PM EST. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 18, 2006, 3:35 AM EST (08:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 18, 2006, 12:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 18, 2006, 5:50 PM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
All 33 counties
Adams County, PA, Bedford County, PA, Blair County, PA, Cambria County, PA, Cameron County, PA, Centre County, PA, Clearfield County, PA, Clinton County, PA, Columbia County, PA, Cumberland County, PA, Dauphin County, PA, Elk County, PA, Franklin County, PA, Fulton County, PA, Huntingdon County, PA, Juniata County, PA, Lancaster County, PA, Lebanon County, PA, Lycoming County, PA, McKean County, PA, Mifflin County, PA, Montour County, PA, Northumberland County, PA, Perry County, PA, Potter County, PA, Schuylkill County, PA, Snyder County, PA, Somerset County, PA, Sullivan County, PA, Tioga County, PA, Union County, PA, Warren County, PA, York County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 201 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 721 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 78 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 793 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1065 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS71 KCTP 180835 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 335 AM EST WED JAN 18 2006 PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046- 049>053-056>059-063>066-181645- /O.NEW.KCTP.WI.Y.0002.060118T1700Z-060119T0100Z/ WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD- NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN- JUNIATA-SOMERSET-BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING- SULLIVAN-SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR- NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-PERRY-DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON- CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER- 335 AM EST WED JAN 18 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EST THIS EVENING. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. WEST WINDS BEHIND THIS FRONT WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH BY AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATER THIS EVENING BUT WILL REMAIN IN THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE OVERNIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG...GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES IN EXPOSED LOCATIONS. GUSTY WINDS COULD ALSO CAUSE SOME MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS71 KCTP 181452 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 952 AM EST WED JAN 18 2006 PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046- 049>053-056>059-063>066-182300- /O.CON.KCTP.WI.Y.0002.060118T1700Z-060119T0100Z/ WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD- NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN- JUNIATA-SOMERSET-BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING- SULLIVAN-SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR- NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-PERRY-DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON- CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER- 952 AM EST WED JAN 18 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING... COLDER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TODAY ON STRONG WESTERLY WINDS...THAT WILL AVERAGE 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATER THIS EVENING BUT WILL REMAIN IN THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE OVERNIGHT. MINOR DAMAGE TO TREES...AND LIGHT WEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS COULD OCCUR FROM THE STRONGER WIND GUSTS. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG...GUSTY WINDS OVER 45 MPH WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES IN EXPOSED LOCATIONS. GUSTY WINDS COULD ALSO CAUSE SOME MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ LAMBERT/LIPTON
000 WWUS71 KCTP 182250 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 550 PM EST WED JAN 18 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... .GUSTY WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046- 049>053-056>059-063>066-190000- /O.CAN.KCTP.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060119T0100Z/ WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD- NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN- JUNIATA-SOMERSET-BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING- SULLIVAN-SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR- NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-PERRY-DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON- CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER- 550 PM EST WED JAN 18 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE WIND WILL CONTINUE TO GUST THIS EVENING...WHILE SLOWLY DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER...GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.